Robert Parry — Selectivity in Trashing Trump

If — in a rush to demonize and impeach President Trump — Democrats and progressives solidify support for wars of choice in the Middle East, a New Cold War with Russia and a Davos-style elitism, they could further alienate many people who might otherwise be their allies.

In other words, selectivity in opposing and criticizing Trump – where he rightly deserves it – rather than opportunism in rejecting everything that Trump says might make more sense. A movement built entirely on destroying Trump could drop Democrats and progressives into some politically destructive traps.

As veteran who served during war time, I am anti-war when it comes to wars of choice rather than national defense. I will oppose the war party no matter what else they embrace politically.

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Selectivity in Trashing Trump

Robert Parry

WikiLeaks Podesta Files — Hillary’s No-Fly Zone Means ‘Killing a Lot of Syrians’

To have a no-fly zone you have to take out all of their air defenses, many of which are located in populated areas. So our missiles, even if they are standoff missiles so we’re not putting our pilots at risk – you’re going to kill a lot of civilians," admitted Clinton before the wealthy crowd.

She also acknowledged the possibility that such an assault on civilians may foist the United States headlong into an unintentional war — "That intervention that people talk so glibly about" could become a full-fledged "American and NATO involvement where you take a lot of civilians."

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WikiLeaks Podesta Files: Hillary’s No-Fly Zone Means ‘Killing a Lot of Syrians’

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday said removing President Bashar al-Assad is the top priority in Syria.

Reuters
Presidential candidate Clinton says removing Assad in Syria is No. 1 priority

James W Carden, Rick Sterling on Kill and Killary

The transformation of the Democratic Party from the relative “peace party” to a belligerent “war party” occurred during Bill Clinton’s presidency and is likely to resume if Hillary Clinton is elected, writes James W Carden.

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A Clinton Family Value: ‘Humanitarian’ War
James W Carden

Neocons and liberal hawks have poured millions of dollars into propaganda to justify “regime change” in Syria and are now desperate to keep the war going until President Hillary Clinton gets a chance to escalate, as Rick Sterling describes.

Propaganda for Syrian ‘Regime Change’

Rick Sterling

Robert Parry — Nuclear War and Clashing Ukraine Narratives

America and Russia have two nearly opposite narratives on Ukraine, which is more an indictment of the U.S. news media which feigns objectivity but disseminates what amounts to propaganda. These divergent narratives are driving the world toward a possible nuclear crisis, writes Robert Parry.

The neocons have control over the narrative and Obama seems to be OK with that. Those that are objecting to this folly most loudly are the Libertarians. Most Democrats seem to be be on board with the GOP hardliners who are banking the neocons in the Obama administration.  Moreover, they seem to be completely misreading Putin and the Russian military and are shrugging of what Putin has made explicit about Russia's position as a bluff. The media is preparing the American people for a righteous conflict with Russia because freedom. Looking like Iraq redux except Putin is not Saddam, and Russia is not Iraq. Russia actually has WMD, and they are now at the ready.

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Nuclear War and Clashing Ukraine Narratives
Robert Parry

Leslie H. Gelb — Countering the Neocon Comeback

Uh-oh.

Democracy — A Journal of Ideas
Countering the Neocon Comeback
Leslie H. Gelb | President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations